Local Outreach, Local Communities, World Map

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Communities have different personalities and ways to communicating. Spreading interest in OpenStreetMap around the world takes different approaches for different groups. This talk is a look at characteristics of certain existing OSM communities and why some of those approaches won't work elsewhere.

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Local Outreach, Local Communities, World Map

Kate Chapman@wonderchook

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What is local?

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What is local community?

Does the wiki know?

What makes the outreach local?CC-BY-SA Flickr User somayalangley

Maybe I just mean localized outreach

Communities differ by region, culture, language, interest

Country PostsGermany 105,289Russia 121,423France 791United States 125United Kingdom 262Italy 76Spain 0Poland 10,101Japan 0Austria 0

Mailing List Posts as of October 12th

As much as local communities differ, they adopt from others

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CC-BY Andrew Turner

How do we get local?

CC-BY NASA Goddard Photo and Video

You know your local community

best

CC-BY Flickr User DonkeyHotey

Or do you…..?CC-BY-SA Alexandre Dulaunoy

Multiple definitions of local

CC-BY Flickr User greeblie

Image: http://segrev.wordpress.com/2011/04/28/704/

What about ambassadors to different parts of local?

brothel=yes

Dude, that’s my mom’s house!

(actually the tag is amenity=brothel)

Mappy hour…

Hey, I saw you were mapping in the area and I

just wanted to say “Hi.”

CC-BY Flickr User AMagill

You don’t have do everything

Thanks!

Kate Chapman@wonderchook

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